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Show DE VALERA MAKES MOVE FOR PEACE I ' A A & A A A & j MACHINE GON -FIRE RIM IN IRISH BATTLE ! Truce Called for Between Army Factions in Emerald Isle VALERA TAKES LEAD Free State Troops Seek to Recapture Ormond Castle DUBLIN, Maj 8. (By the Asso-j Asso-j clati d Press.) On motion of Eamonn de Valera. the Dall Eireann late today adopted a motion ordering the opposl-I opposl-I lion sides in the Irish Republican i army conflict to cease firing immediately imme-diately and arrange a truce. Griffith pressed d -ilera for a def inite assurance and the latter sale I couriers should be sent to establish ar Immediate truce. Griffith urged thai I de Valera should speak at the Fout j Courts In Dublin, the headquarters o the irregular army faction. Richard Mulcahy seconded de Va- lera's motion for the order to cease i firing and arrange a truce, and aftei ; its adoption the house at G o clock ad-i ad-i journed until Friday. Mr. d.- Valera said he would like to see the army executive who had j taken an independent action Issue a I similar order and would do all he I could towards.- that end. : Richard Mulcahy Bald his side had done all possible, and Arthur Griffith declared their men were only dc-I dc-I fending themseh i a MA4 HIM t.l w FIRE KILKENNET, lr, land. May 3. (By the Associated Press I Sharp i fu lulng with machine guns rattling in I all directions was in progress here j today. Free States troops trying to re-I re-I capture Ormond Castle, still held by j Irregulars, who yesterday vvire driven , out of other places they had captured 1 The castle is a strong fortress on the banks of the river Nore and Is . . ii ildered impregnable except by artillery. ar-tillery. This morning, storming parties under un-der command of, ( r-lonel Prout of the Dall Eireann forces, advanced on the castle by different fOUtCS, followed by an armored car. The) Were fired upon up-on by snipers In the streets, and a fierce engagement ensued, well dl-PecteO? dl-PecteO? fire being maintained aga.nst the castle from several angles IIOTI 1, I c I K FIR I The Imperial hotel which Is dominated dom-inated by the castle and which has been occupied since it vva recaptured by Dall troops Is under lire from the . astle garrison. The defenders of the castle are said to bo well equipped with provisions. The morning tr.dn from Dublin ar- riVed while the fighting was in progress; prog-ress; and passengers a'ighting hen were forced to take shelter in Iht ! railwas tunnel The postofflce also was in the danger zone. oo |